Phylogenetic surveys of soil ecosystems have shown that the number of prokaryotic species
found in a single sample exceeds that of known cultured prokaryotes. Soil metagenomics …

Soil microorganisms have been the most valuable source of natural products, providing
industrially important antibiotics and biocatalysts. But, of late, the discovery rate of novel …

Nitrate is an important nutrient and electron acceptor for microorganisms, having a key role
in nitrogen (N) cycling and electron transfer in anoxic sediments. High-nitrate inputs into …

Medical microbiology is a branch of medical science that deals with the prevention,
diagnosis, and therapy of infectious diseases. A clinical microbiologist is a professional …

Oligonucleotide microarrays offer a fast, high-throughput alternative for the parallel detection
of microbes from virtually any sample. The application potential spreads across most sectors …

Traditionally, the identification and characterization of microbial communities in
contaminated soil and water has previously been limited to those microorganisms that are …

The genomics revolution has expanded from its origins in molecular biology to impact upon
every discipline in the life sciences, including ecology. Several lines of ecological research …

Global agriculture is now at the crossroads. The Green Revolution of the last century is
losing momentum. Rates of growth in food production are now declining, with land and …

Microarray technology has the unparalleled potential to simultaneously determine the
dynamics and/or activities of most, if not all, of the microbial populations in complex …

Padlock probes (PLPs) are long oligonucleotides, whose ends are complementary to
adjacent target sequences. Upon hybridization to the target, the two ends are brought into …